Almost daily, new books are added to our inventory. Isn’t it time you stopped in for a visit? “The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.” Elizabeth Hardwick … Continue reading
Ok. NO more excuses for being unable to find our bookstore! The marvelous magnificent Mondragon sign company has come to the rescue and put up our old sign. We have promised the city sign code enforcers we will be good and not illuminate the sign at night, even though—with all the plaza businesses facing inward—I … Continue reading
What is happiness? Is it a mood? Is it a personality trait? Is it the way we approach life? Do we “find” happiness only in big things that happen in our lives? Can we find happiness in small things? Are we happy only when life seems to be going well for us? Can we be … Continue reading
May 31, 1889: Heavy rains. 5-10 inches in the mountains of western Pennsylvania in 24 hours. A dam bursts and a wall of water estimated at 36 feet high plunges down to engulf Johnstown, Pennsylvania. 2,209 people died. Arguably, the worst tragedy in US history. Afterward, the scandal of the dam. We have two books … Continue reading
